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View Article  Anderson Cooper: Is the tide turning?
by Riley Jones on Mon 18 Aug 2008 11:48 PM EDT


McCain is now on a sustained roll in his campaign. Since the time he shook up his organization a few weeks ago, he has been much more focused and has started to get through to voters. Democrats — and the press — didn’t like the quality of those ads, but they seem to have worked politically. His stand on drilling and on Russia have also strengthened his aura of command. And now Saddleback.

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View Article  Feder: Georgia and George Bush on the Left's mind
by Roland, the Gunslinger on Mon 18 Aug 2008 07:34 PM EDT


Last week, the left had Georgia on its mind, or what's left of it -- Georgia and its mind.

Its bizarre but wholly predictable reaction to the worst Russian aggression since the end of the Cold War was to blame President George W. Bush for something Moscow has been doing since the days of the Romanovs -- invading and dominating neighboring states.

But in the left's fevered imagination, Bush created the precedent for a move Putin has probably been planning (or at least contemplating) since he became president of Russia in 1999 -- 4 years before Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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